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I am an artist, sir. You should quake at that.

@kcrabb88 / kcrabb88.tumblr.com

Librarian by day, historical fiction writer by night. Living the Enjolras life. Lots of Les Mis. Phantom of the Opera. Musical theater. Pirates and ships. Period dramas. Star Wars. Ramblings about my writing. The first two books of my pirate trilogy are out now! I'm KChan88 on A03.
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New Intro Post!

I feel like I've gotten a fair amount of new followers lately and also wanted to kind of put all my important links/info in one place, so hence, it is time for a new pinned post!

Fanfic Stuff!

I'm KChan88 over on A03! Link is here.

If you follow me for Les Mis (and other French nonsense) the fics I'm most known for are Les Hommes de la Misericorde and Between the Soul and the Star (plus, a lot of other Les Amis fic).

If you follow me for yet more French nonsense, i.e. Phantom of the Opera, my big fics in that fandom are my Lesbian Girl Raoul fics, She Was Bound to Love You and When She Heard You Sing.

If you follow me for magic space monks, i.e. Star Wars, I'm most known for my Shoulder the Sky series, which includes the RoTS fix-it of the same name and its sequel, Whispers From the Dead. I also write a lot of QuinObi fic and will be running a week for them in October. You can find the sideblog for that here. I love the Jedi, Obi-Wan, Anakin, Padme, Quinlan, the Skywalker twins, Kanan, Ezra, and you know, many more.

I'm currently working on a new prequels-era long fic called Kill the Lights!

Original Writing Stuff!

I also have an ongoing historical pirates series called The Constellation Trilogy, of which the first two installments (Sailing by Orion's Star and Sailing by Carina's Star) are out now! The third installment, Sailing by Gemini's Star, will be out in 2024. This series started out as a Les Mis fic many moons ago, so if you're looking for that fic it is now an original trilogy! All the important buy links and other info (newsletter, website, other social media) for the pirate trilogy is right here in one handy place! And if you read the books and like them, feel free to drop a review on GR or Amazon! It always helps.

Other Stuff!

This blog is a grab bag of all kinds of things! Les Mis, musical theater, PIRATES (including the best TV show ever, Black Sails), history and historical fiction, queer stuff, fanfic and original writing, Star Wars (Obi-Wan my dearly beloved and the prequels especially), and other books and movies and TV shows I like.

Also I'm very friendly so please feel free to message me or send asks!

#Intro post#Been meaning to make one of these for a while since I feel the blurb at the top doesn't have enough info#Anyway hello followers old and new I love you all#KCrabb rambles
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Do other writers ever get this like, hyper-specific dialogue exchange drop into their brains and you know exactly where these character are standing and what they’re doing and how they’re saying these words but that’s all you get. You don’t have much other context and this specific moment that exists only at this time in your headspace??

#Yes all the time#Writing things
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I just have the final two scenes in Gemini's Star left to proofread before I write my acknowledgments, finalize my formatting, and get everything uploaded for pre-order (and getting my test physical copy) and it feels ... wild to say that. This project started all the way back in 2015, and is a huge part of who I am. There is the potential for further additions to this universe, but this original trilogy? Is about to be complete. And I really can't believe it.

#KCrabb rambles#Sailing by Gemini's Star#The Constellation Trilogy
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Suddenly struck with a need to explain to you how boat pronouns work (I work in the marine industry).

When you're talking about the design of the boat, you say "it".

When the boat is still being built, your say "it".

When the boat is nearing completion, you can say "it" or "she".

When the boat is floating in the water you probably say "she", unless there is still a lot of work to be done (e.g. no engine yet) then you say "it".

When the boat is officially launched and operating, you say "she". If you continue to say "it" at this point you are not incorrect but suspiciously untraditional. You are not playing the game.

If you are referring to a boat you don't really know anything about you may say "it" ("there's a big boat, it's coming this way"). But if you know its name, it's probably "she" ("there's the Waverley, she's on her way to Greenock").

If you are talking about boats in general, you say "it" ("when a boat is hit by a wave it heels over")

If you speak about a boat in complimentary terms, it's "she" ("she's a grand boat"). If you are being disparaging it may be it, but not necessarily ("it's as ugly as sin", "she's a grotty old tub").

If she has a boy's name, she's still she. "Boy James", "King Edward", "Sir David Attenborough"? The pronoun is she.

If it's a dumb barge (no engine), you say it. But if it's a rowing boat (no engine), you say she.

I hope this has cleared things up so that you may not be in danger of misgendering floating objects.

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gender affirming engine installation

#Holy shit I love ships
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Anonymous asked:

Saw the asks about the “bad ass Jedi who didn’t fall to the dark side” what about Quinlan? Does he get the “Badass Jedi who fell to the dark side” shirt?

Or maybe “badass Jedi who fell for a darksider?”

stealingpotatoes answered:

all jedi who fall to the dark side (even if its just for a little bit) get this shirt actually:

(donation doodles! // tip jar)

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#BUDDY#I adore this#Quinlan Vos#It was just for a little while it’s okay Quin#Star Wars tag#Fanart
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Kill the Lights

Chapter 10

Summary: When Obi-Wan interferes in the Fives incident, Palpatine decides he's had enough of the Jedi Master getting in the way of his attempts to corrupt The Chosen One. Obi-Wan, catching on to Palpatine's plans, goes missing. When photos and videos of Obi-Wan's torture are made public, Anakin starts to unravel. Quinlan searches the Coruscant underworld with increasing desperation. Dooku wonders if he's made the right choices. Obi-Wan, trapped and tormented, tries to reveal the truth about who the Sith lord is. Schemes come to light. Myths merge into reality. With the Republic in the clutches of a Sith, the Jedi, the clones, and their friends in the senate fight to find one of their best--and save the galaxy's guardians from extermination. Chapter Summary: Quinlan faces himself, discovers the truth, and with Anakin at his side, starts finding his way toward his lost love. Obi-Wan endures and endures and endures in the face of Palpatine's cruelty. Palpatine's lackeys catch up to the secrets of the Jedi and their friends in the senate.

Whatever reality he faces if he sees Quin and Anakin again, whatever wounds Anakin made in Quinlan because Palpatine put the weapon in his hand, he’ll manage. He’ll take the weapon from his beloved student’s hand and say choose peace. He’ll heal the wounds his partner endured and say thank you.

He will.

He centers himself. Don’t give anything away. Don’t. Give anything. Away.

“The Jedi know about you.” Obi-Wan grits his teeth against a wave of gut-gripping pain. “And they are not going to let you kill our children. Never. They will make a mountain of corpses to save those young ones. And it won’t be Anakin making the attempt to hurt them. You mentored him. But”—Obi-Wan pushes down his fears that he has failed and tries to believe in the work he’s done, in what Qui-Gon told him—“so did I.”

#New chapter is up!#Kill the Lights#QuinObi#Obi-Wan Kenobi#Quinlan Vos#Anakin Skywalker#Padme Amidala#Star Wars fic#Star Wars tag#My fic
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